Putin Opens Up Another Front in Russia’s War
BASF’s gas-dependent chemical factory in Ludwigshafen, Germany.
Photographer: BASF SE/BASF SEEurope has struggled for weeks with key decisions over energy and weapons to sway the outcome of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Now they’re falling into place.
The long-expected confrontation over Russian gas has begun after Gazprom said it’s halting flows to Poland and Bulgaria because they refused President Vladimir Putin’s demand to pay for supplies in rubles.